Control and Weapons Act 1990The Act statesora fatal stabbing on Bourke Street on October 30like a train stationthe firstfinal days of St Kilda Festivalanother on News Year’s Eve powers could be used for drug busts.Even though the powers are about searching for weapons, they would still be able to prosecute for whatever else they found,” they said.“There’s this really easy slide that happens from what these powers are in theory meant to do and how they could be used actually in practice.”law enforcement and the LGBTQIA communityhistorically been over-policed.Research by the Pride Lobby in 2021 revealed“It’s certainly not building trust,” Badge said.“What that means is when LBGTQIA people are the victims of hate crimes, hate speech, street harassment, partner violence, sexual crimes whatever it is, they won’t go to the police because they feel they’re not going to get a fair hearing.“In general, I would say these powers are a huge overreach. The fact that the police can just declare an area at any time for essentially any reason unstated that gives them a suite of powers for effectively however long they want is just a little bit off the rails.”
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